World of Wonder
World of Wonder is a program designed for the whole family, theatre that charms audiences of all ages with the actor’s imagination, the mime’s skill, and the conjuror’s craft. It is an international journey into the imagination.
Beginning with the amazing and lost art of shadowgraphs or hand shadows, Leland conjures up an amazing menagerie of silhouettes using only his hands. These shadows speak an international language, and Leland has performed them around the world, in some of the biggest arenas, theaters, and circuses in Russia, China, Canada, Japan, Turkey, and the United States.
Discover classical magic and amazing origami as paper comes to life in a comic and touching homage to this beautiful Japanese art.
The comical and entertaining character Nasrudding, famous from Turkey to Afghanistan is brought to life in an original story about an invisible chicken.
There is more, but it must be seen to be believed. Family audiences have expressed their love for World of Wonder because it is live theater, storytelling, magic, and edutainment that embraces the whole world.

The Rensselaer STEM Ambassadors are an assembly of highly motivated undergraduate students focused on inspiring a younger audience to explore the role of science and engineering in society.
Rensselaer STEM Ambassadors focus specifically on basic and applied scientific & engineering topics that expand on materials being taught in 6 -12 grade schools.
Select Rensselaer undergraduate students in the School of Engineering and the School of Science, called STEM Ambassadors, have undergone extensive communications training to create captivating presentations and real life hands-on activities that focus on the exciting aspects of science, technology, engineering and math. Our visits demonstrate that being a scientist is not just sitting alone in a lab all day, but actually something that requires creativity and passion and engineers are problem solvers with the knowledge and creativity to improve our happiness, safety and health in this world.

Scott Ainslie is a traditional acoustic Blues singer, guitarist, historian and songwriter with personal roots in the Civil Rights era and a great affection for cross-cultural exchange. He is a powerful musician, a fine singer and a masterful storyteller. Peppered with humor and stories, Ainslie's teaching concerts help students and teachers learn to listen for the musical building blocks that continue to influence the music they hear all around them today - contemporary Rock, Bluegrass, Country, Gospel, Metal, R & B, and Hip-Hop.